Hemidactylus coalescens Wagner, Leaché & Fujita 2014

Hemidactylus coalescens is a species of geckos belonging to the family Gekkonidae. It occurs in Central Africa.^[1][3]

Distribution and habitat

This species is locally common in rainforest regions of Central Africa, from southern Cameroon through Gabon to the Republic of the Congo.^[1][2][3]

Description

Hemidactylus coalescens can reach a snout–vent length of 78 millimetres (3.1 in) and a total length of 174 millimetres (6.9 in). These medium-sized species has a more elongated head and three enlarged internasal scales. Body shows a few dark crossbands with white spots and pale brown interspaces with white spots. The first crossband is restricted to the neck. On the sides of the brown head there is a fine narrow dark stripe reaching the eyes.^[2][3]

References

Hemidactylus coalescens est une espèce de geckos de la famille des Gekkonidae^[1].

Répartition

Cette espèce se rencontre dans le sud du Cameroun, au Gabon et en République démocratique du Congo^[1].

Publication originale

• Wagner, Leaché & Fujita, 2014 : Description of four new West African forest geckos of the Hemidactylus fasciatus Gray, 1842 complex, revealed by coalescent species delimitation. Bonn zoological Bulletin, vol. 63, n^o 1, p. 1–14 (texte intégral).

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